This document provides biographical and statistical details about test pilots and combat pilots from the early 1950s. It discusses Mike Collins' combat training, the high accident rates during experimental flight training programs, and career risks for Navy pilots, including a 23% chance of dying in an aircraft accident and 56% chance of needing to eject. It also gives details on Pete Knight's background and education, aircraft used in the Korean War by US and enemy forces, and Colonel Harrison Reed Thyng's accomplishments as a double ace.
Part One of a presentation about "FIFI", the World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress. Part One - "B-29 History" Presenters: Keville Miller and Konley Kelley (Oct 2011)
Part One of a presentation about "FIFI", the World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress. Part One - "B-29 History" Presenters: Keville Miller and Konley Kelley (Oct 2011)
Richland College - Emeritus presentation 2019Konley Kelley
Konley Kelley's presentation about his experiences with the Commemorative Air Force B-29 B-24 Squadron and why he is grateful to be a member. Konley also connects his passion for WWII history, scale modeling and 3D modeling to his CAF adventures and the honor and privilege to meet many WWII veterans and learn their stories.
Richland College - Emeritus presentation 2019Konley Kelley
Konley Kelley's presentation about his experiences with the Commemorative Air Force B-29 B-24 Squadron and why he is grateful to be a member. Konley also connects his passion for WWII history, scale modeling and 3D modeling to his CAF adventures and the honor and privilege to meet many WWII veterans and learn their stories.
Describe U.S. response to the invasion of South Korea by North KorLinaCovington707
Describe U.S. response to the invasion of South Korea by North Korean and subsequently Chinese troops.
write a min 100 word paragraph answer. present your thoughts in three complete paragraphs.
Learning Unit 15.2
Korea, a former Japanese possession, had been divided into zones of occupation following World War II. U.S. forces accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in southern Korea, while Soviet forces did the same in northern Korea. Like in Germany, however, the "temporary" division soon became permanent. The Soviets assisted in the establishment of a communist regime in North Korea, while the United States became the main source of financial and military support for South Korea.
For more on Korea, please visit these sites:
· Korean War Begins [link]
· President Truman Orders U.S. Forces to Korea [link]
Learning Unit 15.3
"Atoms for Peace" was the title of a speech delivered by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the UN General Assembly in New York City on December 8, 1953.
The speech was part of a carefully orchestrated media campaign, called "Operation Candor", to enlighten the American public on the risks and hopes of a nuclear future. It was a component of the Cold War strategy of containment. Eisenhower's speech opened a media campaign that would last for years and that aimed at "emotion management", balancing fears of continuing nuclear armament with promises of peaceful use of uranium in future nuclear reactors.
For more on the Atoms for Peace, please visit this site:
· Atoms for Peace [link]
https://youtu.be/2B8R-umE0s0
Eisenhower adopted a get-tough policy toward the communists in Korea. He suggested that he would "unleash" the Nationalist Chinese forces on Taiwan against communist China, and he sent only slightly veiled messages that he would use any force necessary (including the use of nuclear weapons) to bring the war to an end unless peace negotiations began to move forward. The Chinese, exhausted by more than two years of war, finally agreed to terms and an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953. The United States suffered over 50,000 casualties in this "forgotten war," and spent nearly $70 billion. The most frustrating war in U.S. history had come to an end.
For more on Einsenhower's visit to Korea, please visit these sites:
· Eisenhower goes to Korea [link]
Please watch these videos on the Armistice Agreement.
https://youtu.be/HuSyYJsJZD8
Korean War Armistice Signed - 1953 | Today In History | 27 July 17 (Duration 1:23)
Learning Unit 15.4
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Designed with straight wings, the type saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force (USAF) as the F-80.
The Shooting Star was the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight, the first American jet airplane to be manufactured in large quantities, and the first USAF jet to be used in combat.
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2. Michael Collins is the nephew of which former Army Chief of Staff? J. Lawton Collins
3. Where did Mike Collins complete eleven weeks of combat training? The Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas
4. In his eleven weeks of training, Mike Collins lost how many fellow trainees just to accidents? 22
5. Bill Bridgeman flew at Edwards Air Force Base in 1952. How many pilots died in the course of thirty-six weeks of training? 62 April 27, 1953
6. A Navy pilot, one who intended to keep flying for twenty years, had a probability of what percent that he would die in an aircraft accident (not including combat deaths)? 23%
7. Hassling “– mock dogfighting – was strictly forbidden… destruction of an aircraft was a serious court-martial offense…” (page 23)
8. The percent probability that a career Navy pilot would have to eject from his aircraft and attempt to come down by parachute was…? 56%
9. What was the occupation of Pete’s father during Pete’s early years? A Philadelphia stockbroker
10. Pete went to Princeton on which scholarship program? The Holloway Plan
11. What was the Holloway Plan? A scholarship program left over from WWII in which a student trained with midshipmen from the Naval Academy during the summers and graduated with a commission in the Regular Navy
12. Which plane was the sort of airplane of which everybody said, “You don’t get into it, you wear it”? According to the author, this aircraft was essentially the old P80 jet fighter. The T-33 (the T-Bird) in flight near Tyndall AFB, Florida
13. Kaboom. Believers in the right stuff would rather crash and burn. “Whiskey Kilo Two Eight, do you want to declare an emergency?” “Negative, negative, Whiskey Kilo Two Eight is not declaring an emergency.” (page 24)
14. What was the reason for Bud Jennings’ crash? He had gone up in the SNJ with his cockpit canopy opened in a way that sucked carbon monoxide in from the exhaust. He passed out and crashed.
15. Who was Robert Lee Scott? He was a pilot who flew his P-43 over Mount Everest.
16. What was the name of Robert Scott’s book? God is My Co-Pilot
17. During the Korean War, which aircraft was mainly in use by the US Air Force? F-86s (the Sabrejet) flying in formation over Korea in 1954
18. During the Korean War, the Koreans and Chinese were using which aircraft? Soviet MiG-15s
19. More fighter pilots died in automobiles than in airplanes. “… the military cycle of Flying & Drinking and Drinking & Driving…” (page 28)
21. The US Air Force lost how many F-86s during the Korean War? 56
22. Who shot down five MiGs in Korea and eight German and Japanese planes in WWII? He is notable as one of only six USAF fighter pilots to be recognized as an ace in two wars. Colonel Harrison Reed Thyng The colonel and his F-86 Sabre